Next Wave of Casting “Resurrection”
The Next Wave of casting “Woman on Fire: Resurrection of Serious Rogers” is in play. But first — GOD, I’m getting tired of writing that title. It may be time for a name change.
Callbacks have been scheduled. We’ll, the first round of callbacks anyway. After reviewing the videos on Cazt.com a few times I decided to bring one or two extra in for callbacks. More than likely I’ll need another day sometime before Christmas.
The lead role is a tough call. The women I’ve called back are very good. Now we get to test chemistry with the other actors. A couple of red flags have been raised in some other areas, but I’ll wait to see how it plays out. This casting process serves as a guide for picking talent, choosing “look,” determining performance chemistry — and since this is a low budget project, making sure I don’t inadvertently hire any prima donnas.
If funny but if this were a bigger production I wouldn’t worry so much about attitudes, personalities, and whatnot. But because we’ll have a small crew, tight locations, and some long days I must consider who I want to work with. It won’t be like I can walk to the back of the soundstage, smoke a cigarette and cool off.
The other thing that this casting session and other recent events have re-taught me is that not everyone is truly in the game to make things happen. Some people simply want to be a part of what’s happening. Me, I don’t want to simply go along for the ride. I want to initiate the process, steer it, direct it. I want to be a driving force and that means I have to be the one who takes action, gains momentum and just keeps swimming.
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